Simon the Zealot (Acts 1:13), Simon, who was called the Zealot (Luke 6:15), Simon Kananaios (Matthew 10:4) or Simon Cananeus (Mark 3:18) was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. In art, Simon was traditionally martyred by being hung upside-down and sawn apart vertically through the middle, starting at the groin. The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head.

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Simon the Zealot, Death by Sawing

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